Cop briefs

HAZEL PARK — A Center Line teen was arrested after police said he damaged a pickup truck after he was thrown out of a house for crashing a party.

Police were called to the 100 block of West Elza about 3:30 a.m. Dec. 15 by neighbors complaining of a disturbance.

Police said they arrived and saw several intoxicated teens in the front yard of a house. The teens had shown up at a party at the house uninvited and were thrown out.

One of them, 18, became enraged after he was booted out of the party and damaged a Chevy S-10 pickup parked nearby. Police said the teen mistakenly thought the truck belonged to one of the people at the party but was actually a neighbor’s vehicle.

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Police said the Center Line teen ripped a mirror off the truck and threw it through the rear window of the vehicle.

The teen was later arraigned on misdemeanor charges of malicious destruction of property and being a minor in possession of alcohol.

Senior citizen loses at least $45,000 in scam

TROY — An elderly woman lost between $45,000 and $60,000 in a scam where she regularly wired money to various people over nearly a year.

The woman told police she began wiring money in January 2012 and had been promised millions of dollars in winnings if she agreed to pay legal and processing fees up front.

Police discovered the scam Dec. 17 after the woman showed up at the Kroger at 31 E. Long Lake and attempted to wire money through Western Union.

A manager at the store thought the woman was being ripped off and contacted police.

An officer arrived and told the woman she was the victim of a scam.

$1,500 in tools stolen from van

MADISON HEIGHTS — Someone broke into a Madison Heights man’s van and stole tools valued at $1,500 while the vehicle was parked in a hotel parking lot.

The man told police a refrigerant recovery machine also was stolen from his 2002 Chevrolet Express van Monday while it was parked in the lot outside the Extended Stay hotel at 32690 Stephenson Highway, just south of 14 Mile Road.

Police said a thief or thieves punched out a lock on the side cargo door to get inside the parked van.